HARDY SHRUBS. 



Meet Grove, lp)a. 



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(Reproduced from a Photograph.) 



Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. 



THE BEST AND MOST ORNAMENTAL OF ALL HARDY SHRUBS. 



RECOGNIZING the sterling worth of this grandest of all hardy flowering Shrubs, we have for many years past 

 made it a leading specialty, growing and selling annually upwards of one hundred thousand plants ; as a 

 result of our efforts it is to-day the most popular of all shrubs for yard, lawn and cemetery planting ; it is 

 extensively used for hedge planting and for clumps and screens. The great reduction now made in the prices should 

 still further its popularity. It readily attains a height of five to seven feet ; hardy in all localities, and needs no 

 protection in Winter ; blooms the first and every season in July and August, when other flowers are scarce, and con- 

 tinues in bloom for two or three months ; the flowers are massive, cone shaped, often measuring ten inches in length, 

 and have a pleasing variation of color, changing from the original pure white to pink, and finally a beautiful rich 

 coppery red. When the flowers mature they can be cut and utilized as parlor ornaments, where they retain their 

 natural beauty for an indefinite time. Our engraving, reproduced from a photograph of a single plant growing on 

 the grounds of the senior. member of our Company, does not exaggerate in the slightest degree the flowering propen- 

 sities of Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora. All our plants will give a like result, and cannot fail to prove a 

 source of genuine pleasure and admiration. 



XR.EATMENT, — No special treatment is required ; the Hydrangea will grow and thrive in all ordinary 

 situations. Plant in either Spring or Fall, and cut back each successive Spring at least one-half of the previous 

 season's growth. Dig and manure. The finest flowers are borne on the new or young wood, and are largest and 

 best when the plant has made a strong, vigorous growth. 



Our Stock of this Grand Flowering Shrub is the Largest in 

 America — Over loo^ooo Plants, 



STRONG FIELD-GROWN PLANTS that will bloom this year, 15 cts. each ; 4 for 50 cts.; 10 for $i' 



postpaid. By Express or Freight, 50 for $4 ; $7 per 100. 

 STRONG TWO-AND-THREE-YEAR OLD BLOOMING PLANTS, by Express or Freight only. 



25 cts. each ; 5 for $1 ; 12 for $2 ; 25 for $3.75 ; $12 per 100. 



Please accept mv thanks, not only for prompt shipment, but for sending mnrli larger shrubs than your catalogue adver- 

 tises The premium Roses are in blooni, and are the finest in my neighborhood. Respectfully yours. 



F. >. Shoemaker, Buffalo, N. Y. 



